Transcript: Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses progress on Ebola vaccine

IRA FLATOW
NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday
08-08-2003
Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses progress on Ebola vaccine

Host: IRA FLATOW
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

IRA FLATOW, host:

You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I am Ira Flatow.

And next up, a promising new vaccine to fight the deadly Ebola virus. Last April an Ebola virus outbreak in the Congo killed 120 people and many more animals--gorillas. Ebola is a fast and lethal virus. You know it's very lethal. Ninety percent of those who become infected die. And this week in the journal Nature, researchers announced that they have developed a new rapid vaccine against the Ebola virus that works very well in monkeys. ...

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